Hat-curling machine



(No Model.)

G.' ROTH.

HAT GURLING MAGHINE.

No. 278,458. PatentedMay 29,1883.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE ROTH, 0F IRVINGTON, ASSIGNOR T0 HIMSELF, AND PETER LOWEN- TRAUT AND MARTINA L. ROTH, 0E NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

HAT-CURLING MACHINE..

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 278,458, dated May 29, 1883.

' V 7 Application filed January 19, 1883. (No model.)

1'0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE ROTH, of Irvington, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Hat-Curling Machines, of

which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a hat-curling machine to be attached to an ordinary table or bench; and it consists in the devices substantially as hereinafter set forth.

Figure l is a plan. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of Fig. l on a line ofw :r. Fig. 3 is an end view from the lower end of Fig. 1, showing a change of position of a part. Fig. 4 is a plan' showing a modification. Fig. 5 is a detailed view.

In my construction I make a frame, A, adapted'to'be screwed to an ordinary table or bench, the table being prepared with a hole in it to receive the hat-crown. To this frame I attach an adjustable flange-plate, B. This plateis secured to the sliding frame 0 by the screw-bolts D, attached to the plate and made to slide in the slot E in the frame 0, held in place by the thumb-nut F. This provides for adjusting the plate relatively to the pressing or curling board i G. It also provides that plates of different size may be used. The frame 0 is connected with the frame A by means of the pins H, adapted to slide in the grooves I, (see Figs. 3 and 5,) so that it may be thrown upat right angle with the frame in the order of using. The curling-board G is hinged tothe frame A,'and has its inner edge, K, fitted to the shape ofthe edge ofthe flangeplate. I

When a hat is to be curled itis laid on the plate B, the crown down and entering through the hole L. This plate B is then slid up against the board G, the brim, having been out to the proper shape, lying on the plate and on the board. A hot iron is 'then run over the brim on the side of the board, which softens the brim for curling. The board is then raised until the inner edge is above the edge of the brim. It is then pressed down, carrying the edge of the brim between it and the plate, which curls that side of the brim into just the shape desired, which is indicated by the shape of the connecting edges of the plate and board. The hat is then lifted out and the opposite side treated in the same way, the, curled side dropping into the groove M between the plate B and frame 0. When the sides have been curled, respectively, the frame G is thrown up at right angle, as seen in .Figs. 3 and 5, and

the curl is ironed on the edge of the plate.-

Sometimes, as for straight cu rlsas they are called-or other work, a. wedge-piece, N, may be used between the plate and board, as seen in Fig. 4:, and this may lie in loose or be united with the board by dowels, and it is pressed down, forming the our], the same as in the other case. In this way I provide for curlinghats of differentsize and shape of brim with very simple devices.

. I claim-- 1. In a hat-curling machine, the frame A,

piece N, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

GEORGE ROTH.

Witnesses:

HORACE HARRIS, LEWIS ROTH. 

